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Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations
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The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are the least understood class of planets in our solar system but the most frequently observed type of exoplanets. Presumed to have a small rocky core, a deep interior comprising ∼70% heavy elements surrounded by a more dilute outer envelope of H2 and He, Uranus and Neptune are fundamentally different from the better-explored gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. Because of the lack of dedicated exploration missions, our knowledge of the composition and atmospheric ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Planetary and Space Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 155
- Pages:
- 12-40
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-10-09
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- ISSN:
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0032-0633
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pubs:745775
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- pubs:745775
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-15
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- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2017.10.005
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